911 briefs -- Published Jan. 26, 2013

STOCKTON - Police are searching for a man with noticeably bad teeth who robbed a bank Friday in the 400 block of North Wilson Way, authorities said.

The Record

STOCKTON - Police are searching for a man with noticeably bad teeth who robbed a bank Friday in the 400 block of North Wilson Way, authorities said.

The man walked into the bank at 1:37 p.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money, police said. The note indicated the man was armed with a gun, but no weapons were seen, authorities said.

The man fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, police said. He was described as a black man about 40 years old standing 5 feet 4 inches tall with a dark complexion and crooked yellow teeth, police said. He was last seen wearing a navy blue parka, dark baggy pants and a fur hat with ear flaps.

This is the third bank robbery in Stockton in the past two weeks. Three men robbed a Bank of the West in the 3200 block of West March Lane shortly before 6 p.m. Jan. 11. Two men were arrested in connection with the robbery that night.

A woman robbed a Chase Bank in the 2800 block of West March Lane about 3:40 p.m. last Saturday. She has not been apprehended. She was described as a black woman in her 30s standing 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds with dark curly hair and a brown jumpsuit.

LODI - The Lodi Police Department and the Delta Regional Auto Theft Task Force worked quickly to recover five of six vehicles that were stolen in Lodi over a 24-hour period beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, police said.

It was an unusually high number of stolen vehicles for a one-day period in Lodi, but the thefts did not appear to be related, police said.

Eric Borja, 26, and Joshua Grinstead, 24, were arrested about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in connection with the theft of a Dodge Caravan, officers said. They were apprehended just outside of Lodi near Curry Avenue and East Sargent Road. Both were on parole for auto theft, police said.

STOCKTON - Stockton police officers used a stun gun and a baton to subdue a man who battered two residents of an adult care home in the 2100 block of Pisa Circle shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Nathaniel Encalade Jr., 35, was arrested on suspicion of battery and resisting arrest, officers said. Encalade was struck once with the baton when he tried to pull away from officers as they arrested him, police said. The stun gun was used after Encalade tried to take the baton from an officer, authorities said.

STOCKTON - Authorities are searching for an at-risk teen who has been missing since Thursday, police said.

Eliana Castellanos, 13, was last seen about 4 p.m. Thursday near East Main and Court streets. She is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall and 160 pounds with thick, curly, shoulder-length, auburn-colored hair. She was wearing a black jacket, faded black skinny jeans and pink Converse tennis shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call Stockton Unified School District police at (209) 933-7085.